Valatie man sentenced to 18 months in prison for child porn

ALBANY -- A Valatie man has been sentenced to 18 months in federal prison on a charge he possessed child pornography.

Brian Gleason, 26, was also sentenced Monday by U.S. District Court Judge Thomas McAvoy to 10 years of supervised release, according to a press release from the U.S. Department of Justice. The release said Gleason was also ordered to have no unsupervised contact with minors and to register with the state Sex Offender Registry Program.

Gleason pleaded guilty June 15, 2010, to using his home computer between April 2006 and Jan. 30, 2008 to visit child pornography websites and purchasing or accessing electronic still images and videos depicting minors engaged in sexually explicit activities. About 100 still images and nine movie files of child pornography were found on Gleason's computer, the release said.